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This essay provides a critique of proliferation optimism, challenging optimism’s conception of nuclear deterrence theory, its logical underpinnings, and its policy recommendations.
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This essay provides a critique of proliferation optimism, challenging optimism’s conception of nuclear deterrence theory, its logical underpinnings, and its policy recommendations.
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This page is a summary of: The History of Proliferation Optimism: Does It Have a Future?, Journal of Strategic Studies, April 2014, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2014.893508.
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